Single Payer Healthcare - Effect on Medical Industry

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Would Biden be a sock puppet president?

Why isn't Biden, Trump's presumptive opponent in November, speaking to the American People during this time of crisis?

Bernie is...

But Biden is speaking remotely, through reporters. Afraid to face WE THE PEOPLE! Why?

March 20, 2020, 2:05 PM MDT / Updated March 20, 2020, 2:37 PM MDT
By Adam Edelman
Joe Biden, the 2020 Democratic front-runner, slammed President Donald Trump over his handling of the coronavirus pandemic Friday, accusing him of being “behind the curve through his whole response.”

Biden, speaking on a conference call with reporters, offered a series of blunt missives for Trump, and criticized him for repeatedly providing the American people with misinformation about the virus.

“Step up and do your job, Mr. President,” Biden said.

“In times of crisis, the American people deserve a president who tells them the truth,” Biden said. “Unfortunately, President Trump has not been that president.”

“People are scared. They’re worried. They don’t know quite what to do," he added. “He has been behind the curve throughout this whole response."

"Biden Sides With Big Pharma Against Affordable Coronavirus Vaccine Plan
Unlike Sanders and other Democrats, Joe Biden has not embraced a key executive authority: cutting the cost of a possible coronavirus vaccine and other pharmaceuticals developed with federal research dollars
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https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/biden-trashes-trump-over-coronavirus-response-step-do-your-job-n1165186

This tweet describes Biden's venue on 3/12. It was another staged cameo event.

Hello from the Hotel Du Pont in Wilmington, Delaware, where former Vice President Joe Biden is scheduled to address the media on the Coronavirus.

Campaign staff is working through an audio issue in the room, which has been characterized as either a buzz, a hum, or a hiss. pic.twitter.com/Tw0xTz6xF9

— DJ Judd (@DJJudd) March 12, 2020

Biden’s COVID-19 plan calls for new authority for the Department of Health and Human Services Secretary to approve the commercial price of vaccines developed with federally funded research. Such authority would either require an act of Congress, which has not shown an ability to go against the pharmaceutical lobby, or specific language to be included in drug development contracts. For the many coronavirus drugs already being developed, such as the vaccine candidate currently being tested by NIH and Moderna, it’s likely too late for contractual language to be added.

The pharmaceutical industry has given Biden far more campaign money than anyone else who has run for president this cycle, including President Trump. Joe Biden’s campaign and the outside groups backing him have taken over $1.34 million from the pharmaceuticals and health products industry, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. For context, Trump has received about $752,000 from the industry this cycle, while Sanders has received about $422,000.

The Biden campaign’s ties to the drug industry go much deeper than the contributions it has received. His campaign chairman and top aide, Steve Richetti, is a longtime healthcare lobbyist who has personally represented drugmakers Novartis, Pfizer, Eli Lilly and Sanofi on issues related to pricing and patents, among other matters.

The pharmaceutical industry has given Biden far more campaign money than anyone else who has run for president this cycle, including President Trump.

The pro-Biden super PAC, Unite the Country, which has spent over $11.8 million supporting Biden so far, is led by multiple individuals with ties to the pharmaceutical industry. Among its leaders is longtime Biden friend Larry Rasky, the founder, chairman and CEO of Rasky Partners, a lobbying firm whose pharmaceutical clients have included Eli Lilly. Another member of the super PAC’s professional team, Amanda Loveday, is an associate director of NP Strategy, a public relations shop launched by corporate law firm Nexsen Pruet, which has clients in the healthcare and pharmaceutical industries. Unite the Country board member Mark Riddle has previously served on the board of a centrist think tank, the New Democrat Network, that received funding from the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, the drug industry’s top lobbying group."

https://prospect.org/coronavirus/biden-sides-with-big-pharma-against-affordable-coronavirus-v/